Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 127 - 105: Battle to the Death

Chapter 127: Chapter 105: Battle to the Death

The meeting began, and Stone announced that in order to develop the base and to advance into Left County in the future, it was decided to establish a branch base near Left County. After some discussion about the division of labor between the main base and the branch base, Stone got to the point, "Maya and Lin Wu will head to the supermarket near the hydroelectric station to set up the branch base, with Maya still being in charge of the day shift. If anyone has opinions or questions about this arrangement, feel free to raise them."

Maya added, "Currently, we have a surplus of food, and our stocks of gasoline, medical supplies, and building materials are high, while the supply of ammunition is quite scarce. According to the North Town System Map and communicating with other farm players, the Wilderness Farm can still support players scavenging for about ten more days. Considering the work location and reasons for stockpiling supplies, that’s why the branch base is being established."

Little Knife asked, "Can I come and visit you guys?"

Maya answered, "Of course you can." She looked towards the Soulless brothers and Su Shi.

Su Shi simply said, "Let me know what you need."

The Soulless brothers had no objections; their lives were unchanged.

Stone concluded the first topic, then asked Su Shi to bring out the wheel, "Thirty arrows, 24-hour use of the Repeating Crossbow, whoever it lands on, gets it. Participants include Snow Egg, Horse Soul, Shana, and Little Knife. If anyone has objections to this method of distribution, speak up."

Shana suggested, "Choose one out of three, the user on the first day will be excluded from the wheel the next day."

The other three nodded in agreement.

After discussion, it was finally decided for Maya to spin the wheel, and Horse Soul was selected as the first user of the Repeating Crossbow.

The meeting ended, and Stone entrusted Lin Wu and Maya to pick up Nightmare by eight o’clock that night, recalling only then that he had this task, so he had to cancel plans with Little Knife. They had planned to go play with Blood Zombies in the tunnel that evening.

Lin Wu and Maya packed up, and everyone escorted the two to the road intersection. The two left the Shadow base, got on their motorcycles, and waved goodbye to everyone. Passing through Sentry Card was simpler for these two; Lin Wu distracted the zombies, hopped on the motorcycle, and zoomed through. The motorcycles were simple; cars couldn’t get up to speed at Sentry Card, and were easily swarmed by zombies. This group of zombies were particularly tough, a real pain to deal with.

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The forward power station was 50 meters from the hydroelectric station, which in turn was one kilometer from the small supermarket. The supermarket, shaped like an ’L,’ was only one story high and covered an area of approximately three thousand square meters. From the outside, it was clear that the supermarket was not suitable for establishing a base. There was one door on each side: east, south, west, and north, offering no tactical advantages.

There were about ten parking spots in front of the east door. The back west door opened to a 20-meter wide concrete surface that connected to the forest of Forest Park. The south door also had a 20-meter wide concrete surface, bordering the same forest. The north door was the main entrance, with a concrete surface, trees and shrubs planted, and a 300-meter long two-way road connecting to the highway. Between the north door and the highway lay Birch Park, part of Forest Park.

The relics left behind in Birch Park revealed that many visitors from Left County and residents from Wilderness Farm used to visit. Some picnicked inside the park, others barbecued, and some even took wedding photos there. To the west of the park was a stream, and spring water gathered into Left County River through it. The stream was about one and a half meters deep, with abandoned fishing equipment and tents found on the rocks beside the bank.

Lin Wu and Maya reached the north door, dealt with the pursuing zombies, and Lin Wu announced some bad news first, "Someone has been here."

Upon reaching the doorway, Lin Wu had some good news, "Judging from the density of zombies, this person only cleared a part of the area."

Maya said, "I’ll deal with the zombies inside, you handle the ones outside the building. If there’s a Frenzy, I’ll call you."

"Alright."

The supermarket was very clean, the floor was spotless, and the shelves were relatively tidy. After passing two cash registers, small wooden sticks could occasionally be seen on the neatly arranged shelves, a typical sign of easily scavengable items. There were more than twenty rows of shelves, each with three shelves in a row, and it appeared that about a quarter had already been looted by players.

Recently, Shadow had been working on Wilderness Farm, so they had a basic understanding that there were many players between Sentry Card and the church on the mountain, with thirteen small bases, each with two to four people. As there were no good bases for development, they only formed unofficial alliances with each other.

The number of zombies in the farm area closer to Left County was several times higher than those near the church on the mountain, with only seven player bases remaining. In casual conversation, players mentioned that a lot of people had died, adding up to a total that surpassed the scale of a hundred bases. The main cause of death was Frenzy, with the secondary cause surprisingly being wildlife. At night, cougars, black bears, tigers, and lions would all come out. They couldn’t understand why lions and tigers would both live in the forest.

Shadow’s purpose for wholesaling firearms was for North Town, and they also traded with the upper farm. The trading time with the lower farm was in these few days. Bases lacking firearms had a hard time surviving up to now. It wasn’t easy for newcomers to clear fields in the lower farm either, with the best option being to go to North Town. Now, North Town had over a hundred small bases, and the small bases had turned the town center into a safe zone. As long as they solved the food problem, they could survive.

Old players, having learned skills, were less popular than resurrected players, which was why fishing books remained a highly sought-after resource.

If there was a North Town, naturally there was a North Down Town. North Down Town, located to the south of Left County and part of Future City, was too far to get detailed information except through a few resurrected players. Overall, the Shadow base was the best-developed base among Left County’s two towns.

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